Oh, how I wish I didn't have to post this. The Followers of Christ of Oregon City, OR are still making news. This time a couple failed to seek treatment for a premature baby boy:
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-ci..._faith-healing_death_of_their_infant_son.html
Oregon City couple plead not guilty in faith-healing death of their infant son
"Two members of a church that preaches faith-healing pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter charges for failing to provide medical care to their infant son, who died shortly after his premature birth.
Attorneys for Dale R. Hickman and Shannon M. Hickman entered the pleas...."
and
"....The Hickmans' son was born in September 2009, about six weeks premature. He weighed 3 pounds, 5 ounces and lived nine hours. No one with medical training attended the birth, and no one called a doctor or ambulance. An autopsy determined the infant died of staph pneumonia and complications from a premature birth, including underdeveloped lungs...."
and
"....The death of the Hickman baby was the third faith-healing fatality involving children from the church in the past two and a half years.
more at link
I guess I'll just start a new thread for each child who dies. Isn't that a tragic sentence to write?
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-ci..._faith-healing_death_of_their_infant_son.html
Oregon City couple plead not guilty in faith-healing death of their infant son
"Two members of a church that preaches faith-healing pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter charges for failing to provide medical care to their infant son, who died shortly after his premature birth.
Attorneys for Dale R. Hickman and Shannon M. Hickman entered the pleas...."
and
"....The Hickmans' son was born in September 2009, about six weeks premature. He weighed 3 pounds, 5 ounces and lived nine hours. No one with medical training attended the birth, and no one called a doctor or ambulance. An autopsy determined the infant died of staph pneumonia and complications from a premature birth, including underdeveloped lungs...."
and
"....The death of the Hickman baby was the third faith-healing fatality involving children from the church in the past two and a half years.
more at link
I guess I'll just start a new thread for each child who dies. Isn't that a tragic sentence to write?